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Table 4 Mean pre- and post-IM therapy pain and anxiety scores by circulatory system disease and therapy type a

From: The effectiveness of integrative medicine interventions on pain and anxiety in cardiovascular inpatients: a practice-based research evaluation

Circulatory system disease

 

Any

Arteries, Arterioles & Capillaries

Cerebrovascular

Hypertension

Ischemic heart disease

Pulmonary circulation

Other

Any treatment

No. Pain Obs

5,981

454

713

3,702

1,122

574

3,180

 

% Decrease in Pain

46.5

46.8

49.5

45.2

47.6

49.2

48.2

 

SE

0.5

1.7

1.4

0.6

1.1

1.5

0.6

 

No. Anxiety Obs

3,109

227

293

1,663

696

370

1,871

 

% Decrease in Anxiety

54.8

53.1

55.0

53.2

53.0

52.9

55.2

 

SE

0.6

2.2

1.8

0.8

1.2

1.6

0.7

BW

No. Pain Obs

2,761

212

395

1,644

532

303

1,580

 

% Decrease in Pain

46.6

45.4

50.7

44.9

48.1

49.6

48.6

 

SE

0.6

2.4

1.7

0.8

1.5

2.0

0.8

 

No. Anxiety Obs

1,454

103

155

779

305

195

900

 

% Decrease in Anxiety

51.7

48.1

51.5

50.0

49.0

52.0

53.1

 

SE

0.8

3.2

2.4

1.1

1.8

2.1

1.0

MBE

No. Pain Obs

318

26

25

173

49

32

173

 

% Decrease in Pain

41.8

54.6

44.0

41.2

41.3

43.9

42.3

 

SE

2.3

8.2

7.8

2.9

8.8

6.6

2.5

 

No. Anxiety Obs

290

16

28

141

57

25

167

 

% Decrease in Anxiety

57.0

67.3

62.7

55.3

59.8

55.7

56.0

 

SE

1.8

7.0

4.2

2.6

4.5

6.1

2.3

TCM

No. Pain Obs

1,248

63

122

932

154

64

490

 

% Decrease in Pain

48.4

46.3

53.0

47.1

44.6

59.7

51.9

 

SE

1.3

4.9

3.6

1.5

3.6

4.9

1.8

 

No. Anxiety Obs

200

8

15

120

22

15

105

 

% Decrease in Anxiety

71.5

72.9

88.7

68.5

72.5

69.2

67.3

 

SE

2.6

10.5

5.2

3.8

6.7

8.4

4.0

Combination

No. Pain Obs

1,654

153

171

953

387

175

937

 

% Decrease in Pain

45.7

47.6

45.0

44.4

48.8

45.5

46.8

 

SE

0.9

2.8

3.1

1.1

1.9

2.6

1.2

 

No. Anxiety Obs

1,165

100

95

623

312

135

699

 

% Decrease in Anxiety

55.3

54.3

53.2

53.8

54.2

51.8

55.9

 

SE

0.9

3.3

3.3

1.3

1.8

2.7

1.2

  1. aBW indicates bodywork; MBE, mind-body and energy therapies; TCM, traditional Chinese medicine; SE, standard error. All results statistically significant (p < 0.001).